This Is Baseball: Work Quickly, Throw Strikes, and You'll Win

Sergio Mitre got his last major league win before tonight on July 29, 2007.

Chien-Ming Wang also won that day and racked up 21 wins between that day and when he was lost for the season about a year later.

Wang, a sinkerballer, has one win on the 2009 season

Mitre, a sinkerballer, has one win on the 2009 season

Mitre wasn't great but he worked quickly, he threw strikes and he won. Mitre threw first pitch strikes to 15-25 hitters he faced, walked one and struck out 4. He allowed the other team to hit the ball and got 10 ground ball outs to three fly ball outs.

He wasn't great. But with this Yankees team behind him, he didn't need to be. But he gave them a quality 5+ innings and he gave them a chance to win.

And that's all you can ask.

The Yankees now have a five game winning streak going and have clinched another series win. They're now one game up on the Red Sox, winners of 18 of their last 23 (21-23 minus the Angels) and 19 games over .500 for the first time since the last day of the 2007 season.

Not to shabby from a team that's gotten one win from Chien-Ming Wang.